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This document contains information NASWA staff compiled on evidence-building capacity in the state workforce agencies, and on agencies’ recent research products. The information was collected through a 2016 national scan, to which forty-one NASWA member agencies responded. We hope the stat...

View Recording If you registered for the UI SIDES Seminar and need the password to view the session recording, please contact naswa-meetings@naswa.org As claim counts rose, the demand for electronic communication with employers sky-rocketed. States using SIDES E-Response saw drastic inc...

Session Recording Maine – Hiring Veterans for Employers, Basic Training This presentation promotes best practices businesses an utilize when hiring Veterans. Created in 2019, program assists employers in understanding Veteran culture, work ethic and the benefits they bring to the workp...

Members-Only COVID-19 Resources NASWA Members (state workforce agency personnel) have additional resources available for internal use only. This requires your NASWA Member login to access. Don’t have a Member Login? Create one now. State Information This page was last updated on [node:chan...

Position responsibilities include: Manage Unemployment Insurance (UI) Appeals Bureau. Directly supervise 14 Administrative Law Judges and 11 support staff members. Ensure the Bureau’s hearings and decisions follow applicable state and federal laws and serves as a model of appropriate judic...

Kentucky’s 2014 annual jobless rate plunges to 6.5 percentFRANKFORT, Ky. (March 9, 2015) — Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate plunged to 6.5 percent in 2014 from 8 percent in 2013, while nonfarm employment gained 29,000 jobs, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET), an ag...

Iowa Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.2 PercentDES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent in January from 4.3 percent in December. The state’s jobless rate was 4.4 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in January.“Iowa’s ec...

Iowa Workforce Development Receives $1.04 million Unemployment Insurance GrantEnhances Voluntary Shared Work ProgramDES MOINES - The U.S. Department of Labor awarded Iowa Workforce Development over $1.04 million dollars to enhance the Voluntary Shared Work program for Iowa employers and af...

In This Issue: 2015 NASWA Winter Policy Forum Registration Now Available! WIOA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Delayed House Passes Veterans Employment Bill NASWA Releases Report on State Unemployment Insurance Financing Systems 114th Congress Officially Opens House Passes Resolution to Adop...

Basic In this workshop you will get the opportunity to learn what Disaster Unemployment Assistance is and see DUA through the eyes of DUA experts in several states that have worked through large disasters to facilitate the DUA program. This workshop will adjust your vision to understand yo...